Paper-rolling- machine



a. CARTER. PAPER ROLLING MAEHINE. APPLICATION FILED JAN- I? I9I9.

Patented July 8, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFTQE.

GEORGE L. CARTER, OF NEAR DAYTON, OHIO.

PAPER-ROLLING MACHINE.

Application filed January 17, 1919.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnonon L. CARTER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the county of Montgomery, near the city of Day ton, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper- Rolling Machines, of which the following is a. specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in paper rolling machines.

The principal object of the invention is to provide for barbers use, a paper rolling machine to prepare for each chair, a roll of paper at a. cost which is slight in comparison with that charged for individual chair rolls that are already made up. At present nearly all barbers purchase individual paper rolls by the dozen or gross, at a cost of approximately per dozen; while by the use of my machine, which prepares the individual rolls from a large roll, the cost of said rolls may be brought as low as 12 per dozen.

lVhile my improved paper rolling machine is principally adapted for use by barbers, it may be employed with equal facility for other purposes withont departing from the spirit of the invention.

The preferred form of embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, of which Figure l is a side elevational view, partly broken away, of my improved paper rolling machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevational View of the partly split shaft employed for preparing the individual rolls. Fig. 3 is a side View of the device for holding in the machine, said split shaft, which is removable. And Fig. 1 is a front end view of the frame of said machine.

Throughout the specification and drawings, similar reference characters denote corresponding parts. 7

In a detailed description of the preferred form of embodiment of my invention, the numeral 1 designates a front base block and the numeral 2 a rear base block for supporting the frame of the machine. Secured upon the base block 1 is a. pair of standards 3 that are secured, by triangular side members 4, to a pair of standards 5 mounted upon the base block 2, the latter standards being of greater height than the former and adapted to removably receive between their upper ends the rotatable core 6 of a large paper roll 7. j

Positioned in the upper inclined portion of a triangular member 4;, near its apex, is a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 8, 1919.

Serial No. 271,602.

stub shaft 8 for a large gear 9 that meshes with a pinion 10 loosely mounted on a flanged bushing or sleeve 11 fixedly secured in the apex end of said triangular member. The apex ends of the triangular members l, which are connected in front by a cutting knife 12, are provided in their side port-ions with holes 13, through the one on the gear side of which and through the other on the opposite side, a roller shaft 1.4. is adapted to be projected.

Referring to Fig. the shaft 11 has on one end a knob 15 from which there project inwardly two pins 16, each of which is adapted to enter a hole 17 provided in the face of the pinion 10. Beginning at a point a short distance beyond the knob 15, the shaft 11 is split throughout the remainder of its length to receive in the groove 18 betwec its split portions. the free end of the paper in the roll 7. This paper is best placed in this groove 18, by first projecting the split end of the shaft 15 through the bushing 11 and adjacent hole in the member i, a sulli c-ient distance to permit the free end of said paper to be drawn into said groove sidewise, after which the free end of said shaft is forced into the hole 13 in the apex end of the other triangular member l.

Near the tip of its split end, the shaft l l is provided with an an nlar groove 19 which is adapted to receive the concave portion of a lever arm 20. The latter is pivoted within a slotted bushing 21 secured to the apex end of the right triangular member -'Ii-, whereby, when the split end of the shaft 11 forced into said bushing, the concave portion of said lever arm may be pressed by a spring 22, into the groove 19 to hold said shaft firmly in its bearings during the rolling operation. (See Figs. 2, 3 and 1.) To permit said shaft to be withdrawn from the paper which has been rolled upon it, it is first necessary to raise the lever arm 20 a sufficient distance to enable it to clear the sides of the groove 19, after which said shaft may be readily pulled out of the machine by the knob 15.

In operation, when a barber desires to prepare a roll of paper for a chair in his shop, from the large paper roll 7, he passes the split end of the shaft ll a sufficient distance through the bushing 11 and opposite hole in the apex end of its respective triangular member 4:, to permit the free end of the paper to be drawn sidewise into the groove 18 in said shaft. The shaft 14: is then forced a sufficient distance through the hole 13 in the apex end of the opposite triangular member 4, to bring the groove 19 in the shaft under the concave portion of the lever arm 20 in the bushing 21, after which the spring 22 is permitted to press said arm into the groove 19 to lock said shaft within its bearings until the rolling operation soon to be described, is concluded.

The shaft l l can only be forced its full distance into the bushing 21, by taking care that the pins 16 enter the holes 17 in the pinion 10. This is necesary, for by these pins the pinion 10 is so connected to the shaft 14, that the latter will be turned to roll the paper upon it when the large gear 9 is rotated by a handle 23 affixed to one of its spokes. A tension member 2st is spring drawn against the upper front portion of the roll 7 until all the paper has been un" wound therefrom.

After sufficient paper has been wound upon the shaft 14 to form a roll of the desired size for a barbers chair, the lever arm 20 is raised above the groove 19 in said shaft, and the latter withdrawn from the roll and the machine. Prior to withdrawing the shaft, however, the paper may be severed along the edge of the lmife 12 to separate the small roll from the large one, or the paper may be severed by said knife,

a pair of scissors or any other means after the shaft has been withdrawn.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a paper rolling machine, the combination with a frame, a roll of paper rotatably mounted in one end of said frame, of a spindle adapted to be inserted in the other end of said frame to receive the free end of said paper, a pinion journaled in the last named end of said frame, through which said spindle loosely projects, a power gear in mesh with said pinion, a head on said spindle beyond said pinion, and means for detachably connecting said spindle head to said pinion, whereby said spindle may be rotated by the power gear to wind upon the spindle a roll of paper of desired size.

2. In a paper rolling machine, the combination with a frame, a roll of paper rotatably mounted in the rear end thereof, of a shaft adapted to be inserted in the front end of said frame to receive the free end of said paper, a pinion, a sleeve upon which said pinion is loosely mounted and through which said shaft is projected into the machine, a power gear in mesh with said pinion, and means for detachably connecting said shaft to said pinion, whereby said shaft may be rotated for the purpose of winding upon it a roll of paper of desired size.

3. In a paper rolling machine, the com bination with a frame, a roll of paper rotata-bly mounted in the rear end thereof, of a shaft adapted to be inserted in the front end of said frame to receive the free end of said paper, a pinion, a sleeve upon which said pinion is loosely mounted, a power gear in mesh with said pinion, a knob on said shaft, and pins on said knob adapted to enter holes in said pinion when said shaft is forced into the machine, for the purpose of detachably connecting said shaft and pinion, to rotate said shaft for the purpose of winding upon it a roll of paper of desired size.

4. In a paper rolling machine, the combination with a frame, a roll of paper rotatably mounted in the rear end of the frame, of a shaft adapted to be inserted in the front end of said frame to receive the free end of said paper, a bearing adapted to receive the inner end of said shaft, means for rotating said shaft to wind upon it a roll of paper of desired size, and a lever arm pivoted in said bearing for engagement in an annular groove contained in the inner end of said shaft, to lock it in said bearing during the rolling operation.

In a paper rolling machine, the combination with a frame, a roll of paper rotatably mounted in the rear end thereof, of a pair of oppositely disposed bushings mounted in the front end of said frame, pinion loosely mounted on one bushing, a shaft having a split inner end adapted to be projected through said pinion and bushing into the opposite bushing, a power gear in mesh with said pinion, to rotate said shaft for the purpose of winding upon it a roll of paper after the free end thereof has been inserted between the split portions of said shaft, a knob 011 said shaft, pins on said knob adapted to enter holes in said pinion when said shaft is forced into the bushing which receives its split inner enc, for the purpose of detachably connecting said shaft and pinion, and a lever arm pivoted in said last named bushing for engagement in an annular groove contained in the inner end of said shaft, to hold it in said bushing during the rolling operation.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of January, 1919.

GEORGE L. CARTER. lVitness:

Hownnn S. SMITH.

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